Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
Map of the siege of Huy, 1694 (Huy, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°31'08"N 05°13'58"E
1694 or laterPencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper; laid down on coarse linen | Scale: not stated | RCIN 724067
The date of 17, rather than 22, September for the commencement of the siege is given in Childs, p.260.
Additional text: [left centre, a key, A-H, to the towers, forts and batteries.]
For further reading, see:
J. Childs, The Nine Years’ War and the British army, 1688-1697: the operations in the Low Countries, Manchester, 1991; reprint 2013, p.260.
Condition: two fold lines; seven holes punched along left edge; eight holes punched along right edge. Verso: heavy surface dirt along right edge [see also RCINs 724053, 724060, 724062, 724064, 724065, 724066, 724068 for similar punched holes].
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a ‘4’ suspending the letters ‘WR’ and the initials ‘AJ’ below; countermark: two scroll letters C E?
Mark, stamped: 47
Condition: two fold lines; seven holes punched along left edge; eight holes punched along right edge. Verso: heavy surface dirt along right edge [see also RCINs 724053, 724060, 724062, 724064, 724065, 724066, 724068 for similar punched holes]
Scale: not stated
47.2 x 60.6 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
Le Siege de Huÿ commencé le 22.me Septembre / 1694. et achevé le 27.me par S.A.S. le duc de / Holstein plöen. [top centre]
Additional text:
[left centre, a key, A-H, to the towers, forts and batteries.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Huy 22-27 Sep. 1694.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, in a modern hand?, black pencil:] ½; [top, right of centre, black pencil:] 1694; [bottom right, red pencil:] 3/151.
George III catalogue entry:
Huy Plan dessiné du Siege de Huy commencé le 22 et achevé le 27 de Sept.re 1694 par le Duc de Holsten Plöen.
Subject(s)
Huy, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°31'08"N 05°13'58"E)Bibliographic reference(s)
J. Childs, The Nine Years’ War and the British army, 1688-1697: the operations in the Low Countries, Manchester 1991, reprint 2013, p. 260
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